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It's that time of year; everywhere I look there are calves! Calving time is when the rubber hits the road in the cow business. After all, without a live - and thrifty - calf, there won't be much jingle in your jeans.

Beef producers should not be in a rush to get their cows out of the drylot and into the summer range, unless special steps have been taken to provide them with early spring pasture.

Piles for a new manufacturing plant in Battleford are going in and by June the erection of the building could begin. The $6.7 million 28,000-square-foot metal tank fabrication plant is being built by Leading Manufacturing Group Inc.

The Canadian Red Cross presented a Rescuer Award to North Battleford resident Gregg Sheppard at a ceremony during a recent meeting of Battleford Search and Rescue.

As we wait for the snow to melt and the fields to dry up, there are some things producers can do to ease the transition into seeding. One important decision that can be made at this time of year is calculating seeding rates.

Battlefords RCMP responded to more than 20 calls for service between 6 a.m. Monday, April 14 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, April 15. Among those calls were three false alarms, two false/nuisance 911 class and two traffic related complaints. Monday 6:53 a.m.

Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation has awarded previous purchaser and early bird draw prizes in its Monthly Lottery.

Battlefords RCMP responded to more than 20 calls for service/occurrences between 6 a.m. Tuesday, April 15 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, April 16.

The Western Applied Research Corporation is a producer-based organization that facilitates practical field research and demonstration.

Battlefords RCMP had a busy 24-hour period between 6 a.m. Saturday, April 12 and 6 a.m. Sunday, April 13 when they responded to about 40 calls for service/occurrences.